Cooking-stove attachment.



R. A. SHAFFER & E. A. MONTGOMERY.

COOKING STOVE ATTAOHMENT. APPLICATION rum) mm: 22,1909.

902,919. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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RALPH A. SHAFFER AND EMMA A. MONTGOMERY, OF SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOKING-STOVE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flied June 22, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 439,815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, tALPII A. Suarrnu and EMMA A. Mon'room'unr, citizensof the United States, residing at Sharon, in. the

county of Mercer and State of PennsyL vania, have invented a new anduseful Cooking- Stove Attachment; and we do hereby declare the followinto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for the ovens ofcooking stoves, ranges and the like, the same consisting of a supportingdevice for baking pans and the like, which is mounted in such a manneras to be capable of being rotated within the oven, thus enabling the panor pans supported thereon to be reversed, end for end, without openingthe oven door and without touching the pans with the hands.

The present invention has for its object to simplify and improve theconstruction and operation of this class of devices above referred to,and with these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of 5 the invention; it being, however, understood that nolimitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details thereinexhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within thescope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing-Fi 'ure 1 is a sectional view taken vertically t rough aportion of a stove or range having the improvement applied to the oven.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, a part of the disk 19 being brokenaway. Flg. 3 is a perspective view of the shaft 12 and head 13.

Correspondin parts in the several figures are denoted by like charactersof reference.

The floor 5 of the oven and the bottom plate 6 of the stove or rangearerovided with centrally disposed apertures 8, for the passage of asleeve or thimble 9 having at its upper end an annular flange 10 restingupon the floor of the oven where the sleeve is thus supported. The lowerend of the sleeve which projects through the bottom plate of the stoveis externally threaded f0 the reception of a nut 11 whereby the sleeveis securely retained in position without possibility of the leakage ofsmoke from the flue space between the plates 5 and G.

The sleeve 9 affords a bearing for a shaft 12, having at its upper end ahead or enlargement 13, preferably of square crosssection which issupported upon the flange at the upper end of the sleeve. The corners ofthe head 13 are provided with notches 14 affording seats for a ring orband 15, which letter when seated in said notches will be spaced on thesides of the head 13 sufliciently for the insertion of lugs 16 formed atthe inner ends of four radiating arms 17 which may thus be readilyconnected with the head 13. The arms 17, which are provided at theirouter extremities with upturned lugs 18 serve to support the disk 19 ofperforated sheet metal or other suitable foraminous material upon whichone or more baking pans or similar vessels may in turn be supported.

Suitably secured upon the lower end of the shaft 12, as by means of aset screw 20, is a beveled pinion 21 that meshes with a similar pinion22 upon a shaft 23 which is supported for rotation in suitable bearingsbeneath the bottom plate of the stove; said shaft being rovided with acrank 24 whereby it may e conveniently rotated for the pur ose ofimparting rotary motion to the sha t 12 and related parts.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed. Baking pans or cooking vessels of any kindwhich are placed upon the supporting disk 19 within the oven may bereversed, or their position may be changed from time to time bymanipulating the crank 24, thereby imparting rotary motion to the shaft12 carrying the supporting disk. In this manner the contents of the pansmay be alternately subjected to the greater or lesser degree of heatprevailin in different locations within the oven, an the contents maythus be baked, roasted or otherwise cooked evenly throughout and withoutdanger of being burned or scorched.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a stove orrange, an oven floor and a bottom plate, having alining apertures, a

sleeve extending through said apertures and having an annular flangeresting upon the oven floor, and a nut threaded upon the lower end ofthe sleeve and engaging the under side of the bottom plate; incombination with a shaft journaled in the sleeve and having anenlargement at its upper end, radiating arms extending from saidenlargement, a foraminous disk supported upon said arms, and means forrotating the vertical shaft.

2. In a stove or range, a bottom plate havifig alining apertures, aflanged sleeve extending through and secured in said apertures, a shaftjournaled in the sleeve and having at its upper end an enlargementforming a head of square cross-section and having notches at the cornersthereof, a ring seated in said notches, arms provided at their innerends with downward extending brackets engaging the ring and bearing uponthe sides of the head, a foraminous disk supported upon the arms, andmeans for rotating the shaft.

'3. In a device of the character described,

a bearing sleeve flanged at one end and having a nut threaded upon theopposite end thereof, a shaft journaled in the sleeve and having asquare enlargement forming a head at its upper end, said head beingprovided with notches at the corners thereof, a ring seated in thenotches, arms provided at their inner ends with brackets insertedbetween the ring and the sides of the head and bearing upon the latter,a foraminous disk supported upon the arms, a beveled pinion secured uponthe lower end of the shaft, and a oountershaft supported for rotationand having at one end a crank and at the other end a pinion meshing withthe beveled pinion upon the shaft journaled in the sleeve.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RALPH A. SHAFFER. EMMA A. MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses HARRY C. HYDE, ROY NEVILLE.

